Maintenance for the week of October 5:
• [COMPLETE] ESO Store and Account System for maintenance – October 8, 8:00AM EDT (12:00 UTC) – 12:00PM EDT (16:00 UTC)
The Markarth DLC and Update 28 base game patch are now available to test on the PTS! Read the full patch notes here: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/categories/pts/

3 hr maintenance, really?

yyiri
yyiri
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After the massive downtime on Tuesday?
  • nerrollus
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    Running Defrag takes time yo...

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  • eaton68_ESO
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    And again...no estimated downtime.
  • KerberosSoldier
    Yea this sucks because i just got done patching there last patch which was like 8gb and was dling at 40kb/s ...
    rhen23_ESO wrote: »
    Takes time to get their windows xp servers going man

    There is no Windows XP Server OS. I realize this is a joke but maybe it would have been better to say "It takes time to get there MS WIndows 2003 Servers going."
  • rhen23_ESO
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    That was the joke there is no windows xp, its like saying something they would say, gez
  • Anex
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    It is true that after the 8hour+ downtime Monday (I didn't see it come back up because by then it was 11:30pm for me), I wasn't expecting it to be down still by this hour. The usual time is about 2 hours. They must be implementing some small fixes or something, but it would be nice if they told us.
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  • kitsinni
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    nerrollus wrote: »
    kitsinni wrote: »
    All I know is if your server requires hours of "maint" or a reboot twice a week you did something very wrong.

    Or you have no idea what you're talking about.

    Name another company that has to reboot and do maint on servers twice a week? Or even another game if it is specific to the gaming industry?
  • mndfreeze
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    kitsinni wrote: »
    mndfreeze wrote: »
    All I know is at the bank I work at, it is normal for clusters of servers to take hours and sometimes multiple days for maintenance and patching/fixes. This ain't some tiny single windows 2003 server they are running you know.

    You do that twice a week? If so how are you still employed?

    It varies based on the specific cluster being worked on. The real point here is Maint taking place twice a week, especially when content or major changes always takes place on Tuesday, the first maint of the week, is pretty normal. You have no concept of how their server farm is built or runs or what it entails to patch it, or hell, even reboot it. Big fat databases can sometimes take an hour or two just by themselves to be completely rebooted.
  • LonePirate
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    I agree with this post, maintenance on Tuesday for the patch took all day pretty much, meaning maintenance today should of been 1 either delayed til next Tuesday or 2 short. It's just common sense really

    I would normally if the maintenance today does not include a patch to Tuesday's update. If there are new fixes today, it certainly makes me wonder (even more) about the stability and quality of the game code.

    There are no new posts on the Updates/Patches forums so this lengthy maintenance is worrisome to say the least.
  • nerrollus
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    kitsinni wrote: »
    nerrollus wrote: »
    kitsinni wrote: »
    All I know is if your server requires hours of "maint" or a reboot twice a week you did something very wrong.

    Or you have no idea what you're talking about.

    Name another company that has to reboot and do maint on servers twice a week? Or even another game if it is specific to the gaming industry?

    EVE Online. Downtime every day
    Edited by nerrollus on June 26, 2014 2:48PM

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  • Kre
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    Server maint. makes peeps cranky :p
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  • kaosodin
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    <blockquote class="Quote">
    <div class="QuoteAuthor"><a href="/profile/4798338/nerrollus">nerrollus</a> said:</div>
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    <div class="QuoteAuthor"><a href="/profile/4672524/kitsinni">kitsinni</a> wrote: <a href="/discussion/comment/1041467#Comment_1041467" class="QuoteLink"><span class="ArrowLink">»</span></a></div>
    <div class="QuoteText">All I know is if your server requires hours of "maint" or a reboot twice a week you did something very wrong.</div>
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    Or you have no idea what you're talking about.</div>
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    <p>This..... you guys have no clue,  biggest collection of new mmo players I have ever seen.</p><p>This is absolutely normal.  Every mmo that is worth a crap will reset / update 1 - 2 times a week.</p><p><br></p><p>Guys, if you dont have a mcse or mcp or programming or scripting cert or schooling.</p><p><br></p><p>Then please stfu, im being as polite as possible.... when folks speak on topics they have no clue about....and then rant to the general population,  sheeple believe you.  People freak, and it takes 2 weeks to correct the crappy knowledge you gave them.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Arm chair quarter backs..... does not have a clue....but speaks like there a pro.</p><p><br></p>
  • kitsinni
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    mndfreeze wrote: »
    kitsinni wrote: »
    mndfreeze wrote: »
    All I know is at the bank I work at, it is normal for clusters of servers to take hours and sometimes multiple days for maintenance and patching/fixes. This ain't some tiny single windows 2003 server they are running you know.

    You do that twice a week? If so how are you still employed?

    It varies based on the specific cluster being worked on. The real point here is Maint taking place twice a week, especially when content or major changes always takes place on Tuesday, the first maint of the week, is pretty normal. You have no concept of how their server farm is built or runs or what it entails to patch it, or hell, even reboot it. Big fat databases can sometimes take an hour or two just by themselves to be completely rebooted.

    Patches don't come out twice a week and the biggest database in the world doens't need to be rebooted twice a week.

    Also major changes don't always take place on Tuesday that was a last minute decision when the patch wasn't ready for Monday. They should have just waited till it was really ready.
  • DocStockman
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    I'm still failing to understand why maintenance is being done in the middle of the day at all. I mean, is there any real reason the US server can't have its maintenance overnight?
  • butterfly442
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    kitsinni wrote: »
    All I know is if your server requires hours of "maint" or a reboot twice a week you did something very wrong.

    How to click Insightful, Agree, Awesome, and LOL for one post?
  • TrevorOC
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    nerrollus wrote: »
    kitsinni wrote: »
    nerrollus wrote: »
    kitsinni wrote: »
    All I know is if your server requires hours of "maint" or a reboot twice a week you did something very wrong.

    Or you have no idea what you're talking about.

    Name another company that has to reboot and do maint on servers twice a week? Or even another game if it is specific to the gaming industry?

    EVE Online. Downtime every day

    Oh, hey, us too now.
  • KerberosSoldier
    kaosodin wrote: »
    <blockquote class="Quote">
    <div class="QuoteAuthor"><a href="/profile/4798338/nerrollus">nerrollus</a> said:</div>
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    <div class="QuoteAuthor"><a href="/profile/4672524/kitsinni">kitsinni</a> wrote: <a href="/discussion/comment/1041467#Comment_1041467" class="QuoteLink"><span class="ArrowLink">»</span></a></div>
    <div class="QuoteText">All I know is if your server requires hours of "maint" or a reboot twice a week you did something very wrong.</div>
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    Or you have no idea what you're talking about.</div>
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    <p>This..... you guys have no clue,  biggest collection of new mmo players I have ever seen.</p><p>This is absolutely normal.  Every mmo that is worth a crap will reset / update 1 - 2 times a week.</p><p><br></p><p>Guys, if you dont have a mcse or mcp or programming or scripting cert or schooling.</p><p><br></p><p>Then please stfu, im being as polite as possible.... when folks speak on topics they have no clue about....and then rant to the general population,  sheeple believe you.  People freak, and it takes 2 weeks to correct the crappy knowledge you gave them.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Arm chair quarter backs..... does not have a clue....but speaks like there a pro.</p><p><br></p>

    Could you edit your post its horrid.

    Most MMO's dont send out patches every couple weeks that are larger then the game.
    Edited by KerberosSoldier on June 26, 2014 2:53PM
  • nerevarine1138
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    kitsinni wrote: »
    All I know is if your server requires hours of "maint" or a reboot twice a week you did something very wrong.

    Clearly Blizzard was doing it wrong for almost a decade.
    I'm still failing to understand why maintenance is being done in the middle of the day at all. I mean, is there any real reason the US server can't have its maintenance overnight?

    Because night is primetime for most people. Most people work during the day.
    Edited by nerevarine1138 on June 26, 2014 2:53PM
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  • kitsinni
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    nerrollus wrote: »
    kitsinni wrote: »
    nerrollus wrote: »
    kitsinni wrote: »
    All I know is if your server requires hours of "maint" or a reboot twice a week you did something very wrong.

    Or you have no idea what you're talking about.

    Name another company that has to reboot and do maint on servers twice a week? Or even another game if it is specific to the gaming industry?

    EVE Online. Downtime every day

    That is interesting and kind of funny actually. I had no idea a game could survive in this day and age with daily downtime. How long is it down for each day?
  • nerrollus
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    I'm still failing to understand why maintenance is being done in the middle of the day at all. I mean, is there any real reason the US server can't have its maintenance overnight?

    They do it based on when the servers are the least populated.

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  • TrevorOC
    TrevorOC
    kitsinni wrote: »
    All I know is if your server requires hours of "maint" or a reboot twice a week you did something very wrong.

    Clearly Blizzard was doing it wrong for almost a decade.
    I'm still failing to understand why maintenance is being done in the middle of the day at all. I mean, is there any real reason the US server can't have its maintenance overnight?

    Because night is primetime for most people. Most people work during the day.

    Blizzard did not have biweekly maintenance for almost a decade.
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